# Kings Spotlights On Hilux PLEASE HELP **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, pickup\ **Created:** [January 24, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100 "2022-01-24T22:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bradleyconag\_179218](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bradleyconag\_179218](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bradleyconag_179218)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100/1 "2022-01-24T22:25:42Z")
My car is a Toyota hilux 2014 Sr I am hooking up a new pair of spotties and cannot get them to work I have tinkered with them for a couple nights now. I cannot get the spotties to turn on unless I bridge the switching pin on the relay too the active on the battery terminal then bam they light up but will not trigger without this. I have tried a whole new wiring harness and relay and am getting the same result! ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100/2 "2022-01-24T22:31:36Z")
Power does need to be provided to both the coil and the switch leg on the relay. See diagram below. Note: The switch is a lighted version. No ground needed to an unlighted switch. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/2/f26151f6a2a1386c02fab719f731d48b157bb3ba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bradleyconag\_179218](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bradleyconag\_179218](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bradleyconag_179218)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100/3 "2022-01-25T07:41:58Z")
Where would you suggest my problem is because I’m having trouble understanding why the high beam isn’t triggering the spotlights to activate without manually powering the relay to trigger? ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100/4 "2022-01-25T07:48:17Z")
Perhaps I do not understand completely, why not just have a dedicated switch with power on a fused circuit and skip the relay. ---
**Author:** ![Bradleyconag\_179218](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bradleyconag\_179218](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bradleyconag_179218)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100/5 "2022-01-25T07:56:21Z")
I can do that and was contemplating that but then I would have to manually switch highbeams on and off I would assume? And also was more just curious as too why it’s not working it’s a plug and play kit it should just plug together an work. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100/6 "2022-01-25T16:17:46Z")
back in my off roading days I put my off-road lights on a separate switch, relay and fuse. I kept my regular low/high beams the way they came from the factory. this way I can use them as normal and when I went off-road and needed more light, I would just flip the switch. never had a problem ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kings-spotlights-on-hilux-please-help/182100/7 "2022-01-25T21:33:24Z")
> [@Bradleyconag\_179218](#): > > I can do that and was contemplating that but then I would have to manually switch highbeams on and off I would assume? And also was more just curious as too why it’s not working it’s a plug and play kit it should just plug together an work. Do you have the wire from the high beam circuit connected to terminal 86 on the relay?